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Message: [QUOTE="Cusefan95, post: 5222996, member: 173"] Or fire him for being a moron who doesn’t understand reality and consequences of behavior. A while back I started reading about 4th generation warfare and realized a lot of it - specifically the levels of warfare - are generally applicable in most situations. The idea is there are three levels of warfare - physical, mental, and moral. [LIST] [*][B]Physical[/B]: Actual combat, which is considered the least important level [*][B]Mental[/B]: The will to fight and belief in victory [*][B]Moral[/B]: Cultural norms, which is considered the most important level [/LIST] With a decent frequency, I see sports teams react to a situation where they were treated poorly with a grossly disproportionate response. One example was in 2011 in the NHL, when the Islanders reacted to a marginal hit by Maxine Talbot against Blake Comeau which caused Comeau to miss some games by playing a goon squad the next time they played, actively trying to injure Penguins players. I remember watching the game as a guy who hated the Penguins and having my sympathies flip somewhere early in the 2nd period - the Islanders were massively failing at the moral level of warfare by being so blatant in their intents to injure. If a coach actively allowed a kicker to disrupt a band performance and create a potential safety hazard to “send a message” that he was unhappy about a call - he failed as completely at the moral level of warfare as he possibly could. More importantly, when people show they don’t understand this concept - even if just intuitively - they are going to repeat this mistake again. It’s effectively like having a time bomb on your sideline; the school just has to hope and pray he doesn’t go off and create a gigantic PR crisis for the school in the future. I have no idea if that’s what actually happened since this is just message board speculation - but I’d be very concerned as a Virginia Tech fan if this speculation is anywhere close to reality. [/QUOTE]

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